Nonfouling flagstaff



May 14, 1929. J. P. CARLSON NONFOULING FLAGSTAFF Filed Dec. 2'7, 1928 6 a rlsan till till

Patented May 14, 1929 umrsu s'rares JONAS r. chanson", or esronia, onnoon.

NONFOULING- FLAGSTAFF.

Application filed Becember 27, 1928. Serial No. 328,812.

This invention relates to a flag staff structure and pertains particularly to a nonfouling flag staff,

The primary object of this invention is to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a structure for the support of flags, which will maintain the flags in such position that they will not become entangled with the adjacent supporting structure.

Another object of the invention is to provide a flag supporting staff from which the flags may be easily raised or lowered without danger of the flags or supporting halyards becoming entangled with the structure.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of the present invention with the understanding, however, that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawing but may be changed or modified so long as such changes or 1nodifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in thc appended claims.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the flag staff embodying the present in vention;

Figure 2 is a sectional View of the upper portion of the staff;

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken upon the line 33 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing in detail wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 1 indicates generally a base structure for the flag staff constructed in accordance with the present invention, the same being in the form of a vertically tapering tower preferably defining a rectangle in cross section and having angled corner posts 2 connected by the horizontal beams 3 and braced by the diagonal struts lwhich extend between opposite corners of the rectangles formed at each side of the tower by the brace bars 3 and the corner posts 2.

The top of the tapered tower 1 is pro vided with a cap 5 through which the lower portion of a pipe stafi. 6 extends, the lower end of the staff being held by suitable angle clamps 7 mounted in the central portion of the tower a substantial distance below the top thereof as shown.

At the upper end of the staff 6 there is secured the laterally extending arm 8 at the outer end of which a short drop or depend ing arm 9 is secured. The arm 8 and drop 9 are preferably formed of galvanized pipe connected by an elbow coupling 10, as shown. The arm being connected to the staff 6 by a 'f-connectionll so that a tubular passageway is set up from the lower end of the drop 9 to the lower end of the staff 6 to permit halyard 13 to be run there-- through, that end of the halyard extending from the drop, 9 carrying a weight 14L, while the other end extends downwardly through the central portion of the tower where it may be manipulated as desired to shift flags to or from position. The flags such as those indicated by the numerals 15 are soat-tached to the halyard that when the halyard is drawn downwardly through the staff they will be raised to a point adjacent the lower end of the drop 9, the weight 14 upon the other end of the halyard serving to maintain the same taut.

In order to strengthen the arm 8 there is connected thereto adjacent the outer end thereof one end of a brace rod 16, the other end of this rod being suitably attached to the staff 6 as indicated at 17. The T-connection 11 by means of which the arm 8 is attached to the upper end of the staff 6 provides means for attaching to the staff a weather vane or other ornamental fixture.

From the foregoing description it will be readily understood that flags attached to the halyard 13 and drawn to a position adjacent the lower end of the drop portion 9 of the staif arm will be effectively supported to wave in any direction without danger of becoming entangled with its supporting structure.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A non-fouling flag supporting structure, comprising an upright staif, an arm projecting laterally from said staff, and a weighted halyard depending from the outer end of said arm.

2. A non-fouling flag supporting structure, comprising a staff, a laterally extend ing arm carried by the staff, a drop arm at the outer end of the staff carried arm, and means for suspending flags from the lower end of said drop arm.

3. Anon-fouling flag supporting structure, comprising a hollow stafi, a hollow.

arm carried at one end by the staff, a depending hollow dropicarried by said arm at the outer end thereof, and a halyard running'through said staff and arms and designed to su port a flag adjacent the lower end of said epending arm.

- 7 4. A non-fouling flag supporting structure, comprising a base tower, a hollow versignature.

JONAS P. CABLSON 

